In actuality, Goku didn't show his full power at all. He did advance to Super Saiyan, which was enough to be believable. However, Goku at this point is closer to the third level than anything else, and at the moment he has a great deal of power he doesn't even need to use. That, of course, will change.

While the Majins could have used Goku's energy, they aren't smart enough to pull it off. They'd have to be closer, and I'd imagine that Goku's energy would be very tricky to work with. Meanwhile, you should be very glad (in a limited, story-based sense) that Goku hasn't let his power go to his head. Not only will this give him an advantage, it will be absolutely essential for something that will occur much later.

Moving to the present chapter, I'm somewhat glad to say the tournament is finally complete. I'm uncertain what everyone will think of this next saga, but I hope many of you enjoy it: we are nearing the very end. Of course, there are still a fair number of chapters left, in addition to some of the better moments in the entire story. I cannot say that there is a great deal of hidden plot running through this story, but it will finally come to an end. For now, let us not think of such things.

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"Kakkarrot is our first finalist!" the announcer roared to the crowds. "Now we'll see who faces him in the final in this next battle! Both warriors have never participated before, but both effortlessly defeated their opponents in the first round. Now I give you- Videl versus Juuhachigou!"

Both named warriors walked out to the ring. Videl kept glancing over at 18, as if she sensed something wasn't right. 18 just ignored her until they were on opposite sides of the ring. Goku suddenly realized what was going on and struggled to close the gap that could have been appearing in his spell, but he was too late. Throwing his figurative hands in the air, Goku just gave up on hiding it from Videl. Her hatred had already pierced the spell, and now she looked at 18 with an expression of shock.

"You!" 18 found it ironic how much she resembled the saiyan hunter. "You were the one who killed so many! It was you who would have killed my father, if not for..."

"For what?" 18 asked, smiling slightly as Videl's voice trailed off. "If not for a saiyan? Rather a moral bind you have yourself in, don't you?"

"It doesn't matter!" Videl snapped back. "I am the daughter of Hercule, and I'm far stronger than he! I will destroy you!"

"So much anger... if you were a saiyan, I have no doubt you'd be turning Super Saiyan right now."

"Don't compare me to a saiyan! I'll kill you now!"

"If you give up now, this will be less painful for you. Surely you know how strong I am. You don't have to go your father's way."

"No!" Videl jumped forward, as 18 knew she would. She rarely toyed with any opponent, no matter how weak, and Videl had no idea what she was getting into. 18 slammed her knee directly into Videl's chin, sending her flying backward. Before she hit, 18 caught her by the neck. As their eyes met, 18 shook her head, then tossed Videl from the ring. The medics immediately rushed to her, and 18 turned from the ring. Effortless.

Hercule gaped. Never, ever had he believed that anyone could be as powerful as that warrior down below. The last fight had already got him shaking in his boots, but this one involved his daughter, and he knew how strong she was. Once again, he thanked himself for not entering.

"Well everyone," the announcer began, "we have two finalists for our last match, and it should prove to be one of our best. After a brief time for both to rest, we'll begin combat again. Thanks for being here folks, and supporting the tournament!"

18 and Goku flew down and whispered something in the announcer's ear, he nodded and addressed the crowd again.

"Correction. Both fighters have agreed to do the final fight now, with no resting period. That just means you guys get the best fight sooner! Let the finale begin!"

Both jumped to opposite sides of the ring. Goku smiled briefly as he waited for the buzzer to sound. The fight began, and they both instantly moved. Jumping, Goku barely cleared 18's first strike, then landed, ducking another coming his way. Elbowing backward, Goku connected with 18, who flew backward briefly before attacking him again.

This time they connected in a whirlwind of attacks. Goku got a few blows through, as did 18, but neither hit dead on. Eventually Goku jumped back slightly and began dodging everything thrown his way. After patiently dodging for a little while, Goku saw 18 make one punch a split second too slow. Capitalizing on that, he got in his own kick, sending her flying.

She came back faster than he had expected, slamming him into the ground. He was pinned for a second, then suddenly vanished, a second later kicking her in the back. They both parted, then landed on opposite sides of the ring again. Neither was even breathing heavily yet.

"What was that?" 18 asked, watching him carefully.

"I've been working on Instant Transmission using no ki to latch onto, or the motions. That was what I ended up with."

"You finally got it to work? I wish I had time to copy it."

"Yeah, it took a long time. We'll have time for you to learn it afterward."

"Well, don't hold anything back in this fight."

"Don't worry about that."

Again both of them clashed, and both were knocked back. Flying upward, 18 raised a hand and launched small ki blasts from each finger, machine-gun style. Curling into a ball in the air, Goku allowed the bolts to deflect off him nearly harmlessly. He fired a blast back, and she narrowly avoided it. Powering up, sending energy waves into the air, Goku flew toward 18 in a flying kick. She blocked it easily, but that was what he intended her to do. The energy waves he had fired now homed in toward her and struck her from all sides.

Falling, 18 turned enough to land on her feet, and then Goku landed on the ground opposite her. Leaping forward, 18 used Instant Transmission back on him to send him into the arena a few feet with a killer punch. He jumped out with a kick to the jaw, but she barely stumbled and sent him flying back. Appearing in his path of flight, she sent him falling to the arena, where a giant cloud of dust covered it.

As it cleared, Goku was standing there, still looking relatively ok. 18 had been hoping he would use his full power explosively, but apparently he was using it more as a defensive mechanism. Whatever, it really didn't matter to her. She landed on the other side, then attacked again.

Doing a front flip in the air, Goku ducked under her punch. At the same time, his foot circled around as well, hit her and drove her head first into the arena. She easily flipped up again, but Goku blocked the attack that she used along with it.

Realizing she was slowly but surely losing the battle, 18 decided to use another of the tricks she still had up her sleeve. The next time they clashed, she used Hyper Zanzoken. Instantly her speed increased greatly, and Goku barely avoided her first blow. Jumping backward, he managed to buy himself a few more split seconds of time, and then he had to dodge again. As she attacked, he stayed a hair's width away from her now far faster blows. Eventually the effects wore off and they were on even ground again.

Backing away, 18 used it a second time, this time in a slightly different manner. As she zipped around the arena, she left repeated afterimages. Goku looked around nervously for the correct one, but couldn't find her fast enough to avoid the kick to the back. Rolling with the damage, he got to his feet and watched the afterimages carefully. This time he blocked the blow coming at him, even though he couldn't tell from whence it came. A second later he launched ki in a large dome from himself, blasting the real 18 backward and from the arena.

Floating above the now damaged arena, 18 realized the effects of the Hyper Zanzoken had worn off again, and she couldn't use Hyper Zanzoken again without it draining her more then the good it would do. Goku must have realized this because he smiled, then performed Hyper Zanzoken himself. The afterimages formed around her, and she tried to pick out the real one, but failed. Suddenly all eight of the afterimages attacked, and she plummeted toward the ground.

Crashing into it, she got to her feet to see Goku land opposite her again.

"How'd you do that?"

"Improved Zanzoken." Goku smiled. "I knew that you would know all of my moves, so I thought up a new one right after our last mindmeld. Like it?"

"I'm impressed."

Clashing again, the fight continued.

Babidi waved his hands, then hurled the smoke capsules down with a flourish. As they caused the very air to turn black, he quickly performed the spell that would summon who he wanted. Two minions was not enough, he needed more if he hoped to win a fight against anyone powerful enough to try and oppose him. He had just the idea of where he could find more, and he hoped this worked.

Something darker than the smoke seemed to materialize in a circle of flames. Instantly casting a time freeze spell, Babidi made the flames freeze around him, trapping the being that he had summoned. Whatever it was bowed down on one knee to him.

"What is your wish, master?" it asked, a deep rasping voice. Babidi looked at it closely. The monster was clothed in a blue uniform that he didn't recognize, but its skin was a dark red color. Two large pointed ears stuck out from either side of his head, and a small amount of black hair covered it. When its mouth opened, sharp teeth were revealed. On the ends of its arms were hands that could barely be called hands, more a type of claw. This would be good enough.

"I am Babidi," the sorcerer told him, "and I have summoned you to help protect this dome until I can summon a creature to help me take over the galaxy. I've heard that your powers are exceptional, as well as that you possess a few unique talents as well."

"Yes," the monster nodded. "I am without compare in the HFIL."

"Good." Babidi chuckled. "Well then. What is your name?"

"Dabura."

"Well then, Dabura, I have an interesting proposition for you. If you grant me your energy, I'll give you greater power than you have ever possessed before."

"Is the change permanent?"

"Yes. Oh yes."

"Then please do so immediately."

Removing the flames, Babidi began casting the spell again. Energy flowed from his hands, and the receptors on the walls glowed brilliantly. Green light shot out around Dabura, and the monster roared in pain. There was an explosion of white, and then it was over.

Dabura now stood there, seeming larger and stronger. On his forehead there was now a large M, which still glowed a hot green. After a short while, it faded to a normal black.

"You are now Majin Dabura," Babidi told him. "Your powers have been increased greatly."

Just then something else entered the dome. Suppopovitch soon climbed up the stairs to where they stood. In his hand he held a brightly glowing lantern.

"Welcome," Babidi told him. "I see you have succeeded. I would like you to meet the newest Majin, he is Dabura. Dabura, this will be one of your teammates, Suppopovitch."

Both of them nodded to each other, then Babidi took the lamp and inserted it to the beam of light as well. The meter had increased because of the dark energy that resulted when he turned Dabura into a Majin, and now it grew even more. When the lamp was extinguished and Suppopovitch again held it, Babidi checked the gauge. 60% now, the power was growing. Soon, very soon.

King Vegita sighed deeply, gazing down into the universe below. He had long ago accepted he could never step in himself and affect events there, but it still annoyed him. But today his watching was shattered by a black smoke that suddenly obscured his vision. Coughing and turning, he tried to see the figure standing there, but could only make out a small form through the smoke.

"Who are you?" he demanded. The figure laughed.

"You'll know soon enough. I have a very interesting proposition for you, Vegita, a very interesting one indeed."

Using Hyper Zanzoken a second time, Goku sped forward, hitting 18 with a glancing blow. She managed to dodge his next attack, but then was hit straight on. Flying to the side, Goku kicked her back, then knocked her directly down as her momentum changed direction. Appearing below her, he launched a gigantic uppercut that sent 18 flying. The next time she got up, the effect had worn off, but 18 was now in a bad condition.

Inevitably, they both fired Kamehamehas, and the huge blasts struck together and began forcing them back and forth. 18 put her full strength into the beam, and was barely gaining ground. Sweat poured down Goku's face as he held the beam back, then pushed it away from him. Slightly shocked, 18 realized Goku was using only one hand to fire his attack.

"Goku!" she called. "You promised to use your full power!"

He heard her, and sighed. "Well, I wanted to do it with one hand, but I suppose I did promise."

Instantly his other hand locked down with the first, and his beam roared to life, crackling with power. Her own blasted back toward her, and then the beam struck her directly. She was flung backward, through the tournament wall, and out of sight before the beam dissipated. Waiting for the announcer to acknowledge his victory, Goku flew after 18.

"That was a good fight, wasn't it?" he asked. She managed to nod.

"One of our best." Gathering the far too rare pure energy from the earth, Goku fired a soft white beam at her, floating her to her feet. His healing powers had been improving, and soon she felt better. They both flew back to the arena and landed again, but the match was over. The arena didn't look anywhere near as good as it had, with rubble and holes everywhere.

"And Kakkarrot has won the tournament!" the announcer roared to the crowds, who cheered wildly. For an instant, Goku was struck with a strong sense of nostalgia, seeing crowds cheering for him, not yelling at him. A time long ago when things weren't this way. Brushing aside memories of the past, he graciously took the prize money, which he didn't need, and left the arena with 18.

Instantly reporters began crowding toward all the contestants. Goku was sure he had no chance of actually covering the eyes of the entire television audience, the instant a building briefly obscured them from sight, he laid a hand on 18's shoulder and teleported them both away. Atop the city, they flew farther before stopping. Breathing a sigh of relief, Goku let go of the spell. Instantly it seemed as if a huge weight was lifted from him. Not something he wanted to repeat anytime soon.

"Well, that was actually fun," 18 commented.

"I'm glad you enjoyed it."

"What should we do now?"

"I figure we should follow up on that Suppopovitch guy. We might have problems bigger than a tournament on our hands here."

"Fine by me, can you sense him?"

Closing his eyes a second, Goku searched the entire area around him, expanding outward.

"Near the city," he said suddenly, his eyes flickering open. "I'm not sure if it's him, but it feels almost identical and it is draining other energies at a large rate."

18 found the ki a second after he did, and then they both vanished at the same time. When he reappeared, Goku immediately reasserted himself. Sure enough, down below stood a figure, holding a green lamp. All around him, people were collapsing to the ground.

They both landed, and Goku realized that this wasn't the person they were looking for; still, it was close enough to be his brother. This one was smaller, but still musclebound. The telltale M showed up on his forehead, identical to the other. Goku had no idea what it meant, but this one and Suppopovitch were obviously of a kind.

Bending down, Goku checked the ki of those on the ground. They weren't dead, just completely drained. Just then, the warrior noticed them, then waved his lamp in their direction. 18 instantly put up a shield around both of them, the green light merely reflected off of it.

"Who might you be?" He chuckled, putting away the lamp. 18 removed the shield but remained on guard.

"I'd like to ask who you are."

"Well, touchy, aren't we? I am Yamoo, and I suppose your names really don't matter after I kill you,"

Without saying another word, he leaped forward to attack them. As soon as he neared them they vanished, appeared above him. Two kicks slammed him backward and into the ground. Getting up, Yamoo attacked again. Goku ducked under it, grabbing Yamoo's feet and pushing him onward, where he fell victim to 18's punch. As he jumped backward, Goku instantly sped around behind him, hammering him into the ground. 18 attempted to kick him, but he got up and evaded, as he appeared behind her, he received a backward elbow directly in the stomach and went crashing into the ground again.

Barely getting to his feet, Yamoo suddenly began laughing. Goku recognized it as insanity, but he was sure there had to be something behind it. Yamoo withdrew the lamp again and green light blazed forth.

"You may defeat me," he laughed, "but I'll take down the entire city and you along with it!"

Energy began expanding from him in a dome, arcing out to incinerate the city. Before it grew more than five feet however, Goku flew alongside and put a hand on it, his fingers sinking into the energy just a bit. A ripple moved out from his fingers, and the dome seemed to freeze in place, remaining still. Yamoo gaped, then roared in anger, but try as he might, he could not get the dome to expand. Tightening his grip, Goku began forcing the orb smaller, until Yamoo could barely fit inside it.

Picking up the orb, Goku hurled it to 18, who punched it straight down. Flying beneath it, Goku kicked it back upwards again. Both fired blasts at the same instant and when the dust cleared, nothing remained. Green energy floated in the air and began moving back towards its owners. 18 landed beside him.

"We still aren't any further than we were before," she said. "We have no idea what this is all about."

"Actually, we do know this energy draining issue is bigger than one person, at least two are involved. I think we're getting into something big here."

"Do you think we can trace Suppopovitch?"

"We can try." Both closed their eyes and began searching the ki streams. War had begun... and now began the retaliation.